sweeper
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English swepere, swepare, equivalent to sweep -er. Cognate with Middle Low German swēpære, swēper (“broom for sweeping up debris”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈswipɚ/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]sweeper (plural sweepers)
- One who sweeps.
- One who sweeps floors or chimneys.
- A detector for mines.
- Any of the small, tropical marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
- (soccer) A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.
- Synonym: libero
- (curling) A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
- (cricket) A batsman who plays sweep shots.
- (cricket) A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position.
- A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water.
- 2007, Basic Essentials Canoe Paddling, 3rd - Page 62
- ..tree will be hanging over the water about canoe level (a sweeper)..
- 1975, Verne Huser, River Running: Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing, Rafting - Page 102
- So named because they can sweep passengers from a boat, they can also capsize a canoe, especially when paddlers lean too far away from the sweeper..
- 2007, Basic Essentials Canoe Paddling, 3rd - Page 62
- A carpet sweeper.
- (US, regional, including Ohio, Indiana and Western Pennsylvania) A vacuum cleaner.
- (regional, including Cebu) A group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal.
- (hiking) The last person in the line of hikers that is responsible for ensuring no one gets separated from the group.
- (video games) A character designed or capable of knocking out multiple enemies in succession, usually due to a combination of high offense and high speed.
- (motor racing, slang) A large-radius, or high/medium speed corner in a racing circuit, named as such because of the ability of someone to trace the corner profile via "sweeping" motion of the arm.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]one who sweeps floors or chimneys
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